2007-12-08 07:06:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
A federation is a union comprising a number of partially self-governing states or regions united by a central government. In a federation, the self-governing status of the component states is typically constitutionally entrenched and may not be altered by a unilateral decision of the central government.
2007-12-11 16:25:51 · answer #1 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Constitution is not a very long document. I would suggest reading it. You will find that the very wise men who wrote it really didn't want the federal government to have much power at all.
A few key clauses have been abused more and more over the past 200 years. Americans are now much too comfortable with the federal government having a ridiculous amount of power. Read the document and think about whether the government we have today matches up very well with what the framers had in mind.
Two of the key clauses are the "necessary and proper" clause and the interstate commerce clause. These provisions are quite vague which has allowed them to be abused. This is one area where I think the founding fathers could have been more specific.
2007-12-08 17:50:51 · answer #2 · answered by flyin520 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Federal government is empowered to implement the laws passed by Legislature.
2007-12-08 16:41:09 · answer #3 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋